Amisha B Patel, MD MPH| Epilepsy Neurology, Pediatric Epilepsy | MedStar Health
Amisha B Patel, MD MPH
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Specialties: Epilepsy Neurology, Pediatric Epilepsy, Pediatric Neurology, Pediatrics
Languages: English
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Facial Weakness Treatment
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
- Responsive Neurostimulation
- Seizure Disorders
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Palsy
- Concussions
- Convulsions
- Disturbances Of Cerebral Status Of Newborn
- Dystonia
- Dystonic Spasms
- Encephalitis
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Headache
- Hydrocephalus
- Ischemic Stroke
- Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
- Meningitis
- Migraine
- Monosomies And Deletions From Autosomes
- Muscle Weakness
- Neonatal Seizures
- Neonatal Stroke
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Occipital Lobe Seizures
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Partial Seizures
- Rett Syndrome
- Seizure Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Spasticity
- Status Epilepticus
- Temporal Lobe Seizures
- Tourette Syndrome
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tremors
- Vision Disturbances
- West Syndrome
Procedures I perform
- Adhd Assessment
- Adhd Evaluation
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Behavioral Health Screening
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Biofeedback
- Botox Injection
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Brain-Computer Interface Training
- Cerebral Fibromuscular Dysplasia Treatment
- Cerebral Palsy Management
- Child Development
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Corpus Callosotomy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Developmental Follow-Up
- Dopamine Therapy
- Dystonia Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy Education
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Facial Weakness Treatment
- Flash Electroretinography
- Functional Mri
- Gastrointestinal Neurological Disorders Treatment
- Genetic Counseling
- Hemispherectomy
- Ictal Spect
- Idiopathic Hypersomnia Treatment
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Kleine-Levin Syndrome Treatment
- Limb Loss Rehabilitation
- Measurement Of Central Nervous Electrical Activity
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Mental Health Medication Management
- Mind-Body Medicine
- Movement Disorder Treatment
- Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
- Neonatal Seizure Management
- Nerve Stimulation Therapy
- Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Treatment
- Neurogenetic Disorders Treatment
- Neuroimaging
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Neuropharmacogenetics
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Neurostimulation
- Neurotoxicology
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Non-Rem Sleep Arousal Disorder Treatment
- Online Counseling
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Pediatric Autism Screening
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Management
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Responsive Neurostimulation
- Seizure Focus Localization
- Seizure Treatment
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Sleep-Related Hallucination Treatment
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Status Epilepticus Treatment
- Stereoencephalography
- Stroke Management
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Swallowing Disorder Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Tic Disorder Treatment
- Trauma Assessment
- Trauma Therapy
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Medicare FFS
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Navigate
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Employee Health Plan
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Choice POS
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-POS Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- HighMark
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- UHC Passport
- United Student Resources
- Medicare Direct
- Network OA
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice POS II
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna HMO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- POS OA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- First Health PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Choice Fund PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- OA Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Open POS II
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-POS
- IH-HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Epilepsy
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2021)
Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2020)
Residency: Tripler Army Medical Center (2014)
Graduate: George Washington University (2013)
Medical School: George Washington University (2013)